It’s a frosty and cold New Year’s morning kicking off the 223th Charlton park run. Two runners were celebrating their 100th and 250th milestones. Julian, Marta snd myself were volunteering for various roles supporting the event. The cold weather did not affect new comers and regulars as we all knew that we felt much better after a 5k park run to start our day.

It’s a bright but very cold Christmas morning but 254 like minded runners/walkers travelled afar due to no public transport joining Charlton park run. The 221th park run was decorated with lots of festive clothing with families, young children and dogs.

Today’s park run was celebrating a number of runners 25th, 50th and 250th milestones. We were pleased to see a good portion of new comers and over 30 runners got their personal best, I wondered if it was related to the cold weather?

Without the volunteers special Christmas Day park run and the weekly park run will not be possible. We are thankful for the support and hope to inspire others who can start volunteering. A particularly thanks to one of the runners who shared the home made ginger cake to keep us going.